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Damian O’Rourke, head of Protection area manager for Tameside and Stockport, said: “We want to use this opportunity to remind people of the dangers of open waters be that rivers or canals or reservoirs.

“Open water is not like a swimming pool, it’s not as warm and people get into trouble really easily.

Jack Pullen who drowned while swimming in a river (Image: Steve Allen)

“They think it will be good to cool off and have a dip but the body doesn’t work as well in open water and even the strongest swimmers get into trouble – arms and legs stop working properly and it makes it really difficult.

“Open water doesn’t have a nice set of steps for you pull yourself out and sometimes people are in the water longer than they think and then it gets really tiring.